0

one will accrue ,me of inotJe'nowing

' , the valueof the liberty of the press.

Alas! I'vwas ful‘l‘r’hopefand joy-

' when I saw you lay the foundation of '_ ' piness, ,._atta‘ck~all abuses, '- ’ firehlaim__all;.rights.;.and..subjectthe_,

difi'flerent parts of, this empire to the

-- same laws7tt‘fa'n uniform regulation. ' My_eyes"were filled with tears when

Insawthe vilest and the most wicked

’.of men employed as instruments in

bringing about a'u'seful revolution -,

.When I saw the holy. iove bf patri- -

otism prostituted to uillainy, and ii.

ceiitiousness-t march ~in----triumph our

vder' the? banners liberty; Terror Was! mingled with myfljust grief,

rad-then::lrbeheld all theiresourcesgof Government destroyed, 7an {lettuce .

: barriers—substituted ., to thehecessity of an active and repressing force...—

‘ 1-113": every Where sOught- the V634- ‘...tigcs 'of that central authority which

' "-negreat nationdeposits inthe hands

,teri security and individual liberty ‘

of the .Monarch- for its own safety ; and have been nowhere able to find them ; I have, sought the principles

whereby PWPfiYfiPt‘schedsfldd.

*Tlfiive seen them attacked ; I have

endeavoured to find under what shel-

reposed, and lhave seen audacity always gatheiing strength from the

I vmultitude intending?an invoking

‘ the sis-hi? fer— .‘iE§‘.‘Z¥iCtl§nsWhiCh the factions, apd the innovators; asdaur-W

gerous as the.faCtious, are ready to inflict. I have heard those insidious‘

— insinuations, whichim-press you with

false terrors, to turn aside your at- tention from real dangers -,__ which inspire you‘with-- fatal distrusts, to

~- induce you: to-~destno-y‘s'u"c‘c"essive‘ly

all the, props ofmonaxchicaligovem‘. 'édEfiBs‘ériiing Luigiinmnre,

1‘ fthat are desirpusmf bflf

ing freer‘potoaly disregard the so:

1 tie] Xlflflticf.humanity..md.fusfiecr

thofsole basis fogljeliberty, ,ut re. cerve With" eagerness ihe new seeds of corruption, and, suffer themselves

to be surrounded with new causes of slavery. r _ ‘ _'

Ah! Gentlemen," what‘ do I not suffer on seeing in the midst of the capital,_and in the very focus of in- ibr'matioh, . this, seduced, people. ea-

""'gerly~adopt with‘ aderociour'yoy“ the

mest criminal prOpogal’s, smile at the detailsof assasinations, sing their chm-e'saws'if they were conquests, stupidly invite enemies to the revo-

v dit‘atefd on them ata time when, re;

jeete‘dfl by all the social__ institutions, by all the intereStsyby all thegpreju. _ dices, they'only presented the seducv dons of a consolatory Wish." At that

dime no motivesinduced me to Weigh

"thidifiitfitiéiféf application, and the terribleinconveniences» annexed ' to abstractions, when they are in. vested. with the force“ which com- mandsmen and things, when the

lutiOn, sully it by complaisance,randr\resistance of things'and the passions

shut their eyes uponwall. the evils with Which they; overwhelm them- selves ; for ithis’unhappy people are 'igfidiiant that an infinity of calami- ties “may spring from a single. crirne I see themflaugh and dance on the ruinsof‘tlfiii‘ own morality, even on the brink of; the. very abyss which ~may swallow‘f‘up' their hopes ;' this spectacle of joy is that by which I

have been the most. deeply affected. a

.Your indiEerence with. respect to this alarmingdeviation of the pub- lic understanding, is the first and perhaps the sole 'c'ause'of the change which has taken place with respect

to~y,on,—--vof that-ehange'wherebyfire

corrupt adulation or the murmurs stifled by fear have susceeded the pure homages beatowed upon. your first labours. . ' “

.with whatever cum-age the approach of-y‘my last hour inspires me, whatever d'uty'even that love'of fibertyrwhiehf‘prrefésséid’berore you

existed, imposes upon: me, —I never;-'

theless experience inaddressing you, that respect and sort'of fear, of which no man can divest himself, when he places himself in, thought

«in a state of immediate communica.

reat'nation; _ T 7 ._ Ought Ito’stop'flhere, "or to con-.-

tion witherthe repreSentatives.» Qf"'a

'timmemk to Youias t0, pasted;

ty i—Yes, Gentlem‘enfl believe you a rehearing‘thislanguage”. . ‘1’.”Iihave mania throughout the whole-course of my life on the ideas which you have lately applied to the

“guesses-9f the kingdom a! me:

. anyouffientl

, ,fiQ ..

. of men. are“ necessary arguments to ., combine. , ‘ a ._ W What I neither. ought not Could .fOresee at; the- time and inlthecir- cumstancesunder which I’wroie, the circumstances and the timeiin which "t-youaetrequire that-you should keep an account of; andl ‘thiukwit' my . duty to tell you that you have not sufficiently done so. ‘¥ . ‘ ' “ ' By this Sole but continued Fault, ybu

have vitiated your work -, you haVe

placed yourselves in suchva situati. on as has perhapsrendered you um able‘to preserve itifromv total ruin, but by measuring back yOur-steps, 0r

'hr'indicating an(renegademaieh" to your successors- Ought you. to '

(be afraid of being the sole object of all . the virulence with which the altar of liberty is assailed _?- Believe, Gen- tlemen that- this’heroic sacrifice will ' not be the least c'onsolatory ofthose

"féi‘r'iembrances, Whjghyodwillbeiper» mitted to preserve. 'What. men must . those be,..who leaVingto their coun-

, try all the good whichthey have been- able to do, accept and claim fur them-'- selves alone the .reproaches which have been deserved by real and serious . evils, but oF-rrwhich they could'only.

"accuse the circumstances !’ 'I belie'im

adestmytand that idea encourages

out. to. jydu,,_without re. serve, those defective parts which 7‘ .3‘6u.haye__intrrzdx. mediate magma constitution. ‘ ' - ' Called‘ u'pbn- to regenerate France,

’you ought first to have considered

what you could usefully preserve of